'Improve' Dance Articles

In this episode, we will provide you with three great ways to improve your salsa dance spins. While most of them tend to be 'known' to most intermediate dancers, we have noticed it does not get addressed soon enough to early beginners. Here are the summary of items this episode will cover:<br/> <br/> Frame and Position <br/> Dance Prep <br/> Spotting...

Perhaps the most difficult part of learning to dance for ladies is achieving steady balance. Like most skills, balance takes time and practice to achieve, but here are some ways to speed up the process.<br/> Touch up your timing <br/>Once you have a solid understanding of salsa timing, and begin to memorize which foot corresponds with which beat, you will become much more steady on the dance floor. If we have a poor understanding of timing, then we compensate as we follow by pausing or shuffling steps, which brings us off balance.<br/> Focus on footwork <br/>You can improve timing and balance by practicing footwork on your own (plus it's a great work out). With a nice slow song, concentrate on marking your footwork with the beats in the music. Footwork also forces us to maintain our own balance, without a lead for support....

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#97 : Simple Salsa Combo Connection

This simple salsa dance video lesson will show you how to connect beginner and intermediate salsa dance moves into a simple combination. We will utilize a regular cross body lead, S-turn, Cross Body Lead 180 and a hammer lock loop over lock in sequence for this combination. If you have any questions on each of the individual moves, check out our previous videos at <a href="http://www.addicted2salsa.com/videos">http://addicted2salsa.com/videos</a>

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